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Castration of Horses with Primary Closure and Scrotal Ablation
Author(s) -
BARBER SPENCER M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1985.tb00813.x
Subject(s) - scrotum , medicine , pony , surgery , emasculation , anatomy , castration , ablation , biology , pollen , ecology , genetics , pollination , hormone
Fourteen horses and one pony, 1 to 16 years of age, were castrated with a technique designed to promote primary healing and ablation of the scrotum following removal of descended testicles. Twenty‐six testicles (10 nondescended, 15 normal descended testicles, and 1 neoplastic descended testicle) were removed. Nondescended testicles were removed through a skin incision over the external inguinal ring. Descended testicles were removed, and the scrotum was ablated by excision of the ventral scrotum. All testicles were removed by emasculation. The common vaginal tunic was not opened prior to emasculation of the descended testicles, and transfixation liqation sutures were used in only two horses. All incisions were closed with multiple layers of synthetic absorbable sutures in the subcutaneous and subcuticular tissues. All incisions healed by primary intention, and 14 recovered without complications. As a result of incomplete scrotal ablation, one horse had temporary lameness and swelling of the scrotal area that resembled the presurgical appearance.